Every executive head who advises violent, instead of gradual, action, or who advocates ill-considered and sweeping measures of reform (especially if they are tainted with vindictiveness and disregard for the rights of the minority) is particularly blameworthy.
Roosevelt warns against hasty and vindictive reforms proposed by executives, stressing the importance of careful consideration.
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A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
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